What two strategies do we use to figure the meaning of an unknown word?

Context clues and Roots/Affixes

What do you need to make an INFERENCE?

What you know + Textual Evidence

What is the first thing you do before reading a passage?

Put G PIE OS or TPCASTT next to the passage

What IS figurative language?

Language you have to "figure out"

What are the four types of EXPOSITORY texts?

Personal Narrative, Memoir, Autobiography and Biography

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1
When writers use words to stand for something else, what is this called?
Alliteration
Simile
Symbolism
Cartoons
2
What two strategies do we use to figure the meaning of an unknown word?
Context Clues and Alliteration
Roots and Affixes and symbols
Context clues and Roots/Affixes
Main Idea and Details
3
What are the three main GENRES that we work with in the 8th grade?
Bandwagon appeal, persuasive techniques and faulty reasoning
Fiction, Expository and Persuasive
sound reasoning, facts and opinions
Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry
4
What affects the mood of the story?
Point of View
Symbolism
Cheese
Author's tone
5
What are examples of Author's Purpose?
Persuade, Expository, Bandwagon Appeal
To write about their own life.
To tell stories
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
6
What do you need to make an INFERENCE?
What you know + Textual Evidence
Context clues +Background Knowledge
What the passage is mostly about
Text Evidence + The Main Message
7
What is the first thing you do before reading a passage?
Read the passage
Put G PIE OS or TPCASTT next to the passage
Answer the Questions
Make a Plot Diagram
8
What is the MAIN MESSAGE of a story?
Mood
Theme
Main Idea
Supporting Details
9
What IS figurative language?
Parts of Speech
Context Clues
Roots and Affixes
Language you have to "figure out"
10
"She was as cool as a cucumber" is which type of figurative language?
metaphor
personification
alliteration
simile
11
"He's a cool cat" is an example of what type of figurative language?
hyperbole
simile
personification
metaphor
12
"The cat stretched while her owner finished her work." What point of view is this written in?
First Person
Second Person
Fourth Person
Third Person
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What are the four types of EXPOSITORY texts?
Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs
Personal Narrative, Memoir, Autobiography and Biography
Persuasive, Inform, Entertain
Cause and Effect, Sequence, Prob and Sol, Comp and Contrast

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